Federal Register October 17, 2000 (Volume 65)

Agencies Publishing on October 17, 2000

Agriculture Department (6)
Civil Rights Commission (1)
Commerce Department (6)
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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (4)
Consumer Product Safety Commission (1)
Defense Department (1)
Education Department (2)
Energy Department (15)
Environmental Protection Agency (4)
Executive Office of the President (2)
Federal Communications Commission (7)
Federal Reserve System (3)
Federal Trade Commission (1)
Health and Human Services Department (24)
Homeland Security Department (2)
Housing and Urban Development Department (1)
Interior Department (6)
Justice Department (11)
Labor Department (2)
National Credit Union Administration (1)
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities (1)
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National Science Foundation (1)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (4)
Securities and Exchange Commission (1)
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State Justice Institute (1)
Surface Transportation Board (1)
Transportation Department (5)
Treasury Department (3)
Veterans Affairs Department (6)

Agriculture Department

Appealable decisions; legal notice:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Newspapers Used for Publication of Legal Notice of Appealable Decisions for the Northern Region; Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, and Portions of South Dakota and Eastern Washington This notice lists the newspapers that will be used by all Ranger Districts, Forests, and the Regional Office of the Northern Region to publish legal notice of all decisions subject to appeal under 36 CFR 215 and 217 and to publish notices for public...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department Notice of Solicitation for Membership to the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app., the United States Department of Agriculture announces the appointments to the 10 vacancies on the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Field office technical guides; changes:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > NRCS Notice of Proposed Changes to Section IV of the Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG) of the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Indiana It is the intention of NRCS in Indiana to issue a revised conservation practice standard in Section IV of the FOTG. The revised standard is Wetland Enhancement (Code 659). This practice may be used in conservation systems that treat highly erodible l...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

National Forest System:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > FS Application of Notice, Comment, and Appeal Procedures for Certain Projects and Activities Pending the adoption of an interim final rule, the Forest Service will apply the notice, comment, and appeal procedures in 36 CFR part 215 to certain project and activity decisions. This action is required by the terms of a settlement agreement of li...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > ARS Notice of Federal Invention Available for Licensing and Intent To Grant Exclusive License Notice is hereby given that the table grape variety designated "Summer Royal" is available for licensing and that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, intends to grant to the California Table Grape Commission of Fresno,...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Agriculture Department > APHIS Availability of Draft Pest Risk Assessment for the Importation of Solid Wood Packing Materials Into the United States We are advising the public that a draft pest risk assessment has been prepared by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for the importation of solid wood packing materials into the United States. We are making this draft pest risk assessment...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Civil Rights Commission

Meetings; State advisory committees:

Title	Type	Published
Civil Rights Commission Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting of the Florida Advisory Committee Florida	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Commerce Department

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > PTO Request for Comments on Preliminary Draft Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters The Hague Conference on Private International Law is negotiating a convention designed to create common jurisdiction rules for international civil and commercial cases and to provide for international recognition and enforcement of judgments issued u...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Antidumping:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Foundry Coke Products From the People's Republic of China China	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Fishery conservation and management:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) NMFS issues a final rule requiring vessels participating in the directed fishery for Atka mackerel in the Aleutian Islands subarea (AI) of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area to carry and use a Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) transmitter, and rev...	Rule	Oct 17, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > ITA Office of Information Technologies; Meeting The Office of Information Technologies in the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration will conduct a public meeting on Wednesday, November 8, 2000 at 9 a.m., in room 3407, Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th and Constitution Ave...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Permits:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > NOAA Marine Mammals Pandion Enterprises, P.O. Box 545, Summerland, California 93067, [Permit Holder: Bruce Reitherman], has been issued a permit to take by Level B harassment one species, elephant seal(Mirounga angustirostris), of non-threatened, non-endangered marine m...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Commerce Department > USBC Change in Report Series From Print Publication to Internet Access The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) will cease printed publication of the "Monthly Product Announcement" (MPA) with the December 2000 edition. The publication's information and additional data will be available at www.census.gov> and as a free I...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

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Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

Title	Type	Published
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Announcement of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Bahrain Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs establishing limits.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Adjustment of Import Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, Man-Made Fiber, Silk Blend and Other Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in the Republic of Korea Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Adjustment of an Import Limit for Certain Wool Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Romania Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs increasing a limit.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements Adjustment of Import Restraint Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool and Man-Made Fiber Textile Products Produced or Manufactured in Thailand Issuing a directive to the Commissioner of Customs adjusting limits.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Title	Type	Published
Consumer Product Safety Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Defense Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Defense Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Notice.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Education Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Education Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Leader, Regulatory Information Management Group, Office of the Chief Information Officer invites comments on the submission for OMB review as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Energy Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request The Department of Energy (DOE) has submitted the proposed information collection request (ICR) described in this notice to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub....	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC Allegheny Energy Supply; Notice of Meeting Allegheny Energy Supply	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Energy Department > FERC CAlifornians for Renewable Energy, Inc. (CARE), Complainant CAlifornians for Renewable Energy, Inc.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Energy Department > FERC California Municipal Utilities Association, Complainant California Municipal Utilities Association	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Colorado Interstate Gas Company; Notice of Application Colorado Interstate Gas Co.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Application Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Energy Department > FERC MDU Resources Group, Inc.; Notice of Application MDU Resources Group, Inc.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc., Complainant v. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., Respondent; Notice of Filing Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Quinnipiac Energy, LLC; Notice of Application for Commission Determination of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status Quinnipiac Energy, LLC	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Reliant Energy Coolwater, LLC, et al.; Notice of Filing Reliant Energy Coolwater, LLC, et al.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Southern Energy Delta, L.L.C. and Southern Energy Potrero, L.L.C.; Notice of Filing Southern Energy Delta, L.L.C., et al.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department > FERC ISO New England, Inc., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings ISO New England, Inc., et al.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Energy Department > FERC Mid-Atlantic Energy Development Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings Mid-Atlantic Energy Development Co., et al.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Energy Department > FERC West Texas Utilities Company, et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Regulation Filings West Texas Utilities Co., et al.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Energy Department Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Rocky Flats This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Rocky Flats. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meeting be announced in th...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollution; standards of performance for new stationary sources:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Amendments for Testing and Monitoring Provisions In this rule, we, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are making final minor amendments to our stationary source testing and monitoring rules. These amendments include miscellaneous editorial changes and technical corrections that are needed. W...	Rule	Oct 17, 2000

Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Azoxystrobin; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions This regulation establishes a time-limited tolerance for residues of azoxystrobin or methyl (E)-2-2-[6-(2- cyanophenoxy)pyrimidin-4-yloxy]phenyl-3-methoxyacrylate) and its Z isomer in or on brassica leafy vegetable. This action is in response to EPA'...	Rule	Oct 17, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Notice of Availability of Guidance for Controlling Nonpoint Source Pollution From Agriculture and Request for Comments EPA has developed and is requesting comments on draft technical guidance for managing agricultural sources of nonpoint pollution. This guidance is intended to provide technical assistance to State program managers and others on the best available, ec...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Toxic and hazardous substances control:

Title	Type	Published
Environmental Protection Agency Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and Status Information Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires any person who intends to manufacture (defined by statute to include import) a new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on the TSCA Inventory) to notify EPA and comply with the statutory provisi...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Executive Office of the President

Special observances

Title	Type	Published
Executive Office of the President 100th Anniversary of the U.S. Navy Submarine Force, 2000 Navy submarine force; 100th anniversary (Proc. 7363)	Presidential Document	Oct 17, 2000
Executive Office of the President Death of American Servicemembers Aboard the United States Ship Cole U.S.S. Cole; death of servicemembers aboard (Proc. 7362)	Presidential Document	Oct 17, 2000

Federal Communications Commission

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Sunshine Act Meeting The Commission will consider a First Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making in WT Docket No. 99-217, a Fourth Report and Order and Memorandum Opinion and Order in CC Docket No. 96-98, and a Memorandum Opinion and Order in CC Dock...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Petitions for Reconsideration and Clarification of Action in Rulemaking Proceeding Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Petitions for Reconsideration and Clarification of Action in Rulemaking Proceeding Rulemaking proceedings; petitions filed, granted, denied, etc.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Notice of Public Information Collection(s) Being Submitted to OMB for Review and Approval The Federal Communications Commission, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burden invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection, as required by the P...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Common carrier services:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Auction of Licenses for 800 MHz Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) Service Frequencies in the Lower 80 Channels; Status of FCC Form 175 Applications To Participate in the Auction This document announces 20 applicants whose short-form auction applications for the 800 MHz SMR Auction (Auction No. 36) are accepted for filing and instructs those applicants on upfront payment information, bidding software and other pertinent infor...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Federal Communications Commission Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service Seeks Comment on Rural Task Force Recommendation In a Public Notice in this proceeding released on October 4, 2000, the Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service sought comment on the Rural Task Force recommendation for universal service reform for rural carriers.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Digital television stations; table of assignments:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Communications Commission Digital Television Broadcast Service; Corpus Christi, TX The Commission requests comments on a petition filed by KVOA Communications, Inc., licensee of station KRIS-TV, NTSC Channel 6, Corpus Christi, Texas, requesting the substitution of DTV 13 for station KRIS-TV's assigned DTV Channel 50. DTV Channel 13...	Proposed Rule	Oct 17, 2000

Federal Reserve System

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Banks and bank holding companies:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Reserve System Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or Bank Holding Companies Change in bank control	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Federal Reserve System Formations of, Acquisitions by, and Mergers of Bank Holding Companies; Correction Formations, acquisitions, and mergers; correction	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Federal Trade Commission

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Federal Trade Commission Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request The FTC has investigated several cases in which manufacturers of pharmaceutical drug products and generic competitors have allegedly entered into anticompetitive agreements to delay generic entry. These cases may foreshadow similar anticompetitive ag...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Health and Human Services Department

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Government-Owned Inventions; Availability for Licensing The inventions listed below are owned by agencies of the U.S. Government and are available for licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious commercialization of results of federally-funded research and development. Fo...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Survey of IRB Chairs Concerning the Implementation of Pediatric Research Regulations In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will publish periodic summaries of pro...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Proposed Collection; Comment Requested; Evaluation of National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign In compliance with section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health will publish periodic...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Proposed Collection; Comment Request; The National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the National...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Procedures for the Safe Processing and Importing of Fish and Fishery Products The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that the proposed collection of information listed below has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > ACF Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; common request	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Notice of a Meeting of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC) Pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice is given of a meeting of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission. The Commission will discuss its ongoing project ethical and policy issues i...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Center for Research Resources; Notice of Closed Meeting National Center for Research Resources	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Center for Research Resources; Notice of Closed Meeting National Center for Research Resources	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Human Genome Research Institute; Notice of Closed Meetings National Human Genome Research Institute	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Mental Health; Notice of Closed Meeting National Institute of Mental Health	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Notice of Closed Meetings National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH National Library of Medicine; Notice of Meeting National Library of Medicine	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > FDA Advisory Committee for Pharmaceutical Science; Notice of Meeting Notice.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > CDC Citizens Advisory Committee on Public Health Service Activities and Research at Department of Energy Sites: Savannah River Site Health Effects Subcommittee Public Health Service Activities and Research at DOE Sites Citizens Advisory Committee	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > PHS National Toxicology Program; National Toxicology Program (NTP) Board of Scientific Counselors' Meeting; Review of Nominations for Listing in the 10th Report on Carcinogens Scientific Counselors Board	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings Scientific Review Center	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting Scientific Review Center	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Notice of Closed Meetings Scientific Review Center	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Health and Human Services Department > NIH Center for Scientific Review; Amended Notice of Meeting Scientific Review Center	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Title	Type	Published
Health and Human Services Department Prospective Grant of Exclusive License: Insulin Producing Cells Differentiated from Non-Insulin Producing Cells by GLP-1 and Exendin-4 and Use Thereof This is notice, in accordance with 35 U.S.C. 209(c)(1) and 37 CFR 404.7(a)(1)(i), that the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, is contemplating the grant of an exclusive license worldwide to practice the inve...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Homeland Security Department

Flood insurance; communities eligible for sale:

Title	Type	Published
Homeland Security Department > FEMA Suspension of Community Eligibility This rule identifies communities, where the sale of flood insurance has been authorized under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), that are suspended on the effective dates listed within this rule because of noncompliance with the floodplain...	Rule	Oct 17, 2000
Homeland Security Department > FEMA List of Communities Eligible for the Sale of Flood Insurance This rule identifies communities participating in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). These communities have applied to the program and have agreed to enact certain floodplain management measures. The communities' participation in the progra...	Rule	Oct 17, 2000

Housing and Urban Development Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Housing and Urban Development Department Office of the Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing; Notice of Proposed Information Collection for Public Comment; Certificate of Completion-Consolidated The proposed information collection requirement described below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. The Department is soliciting public comments on the subject proposa...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Interior Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > OSM Notice of Proposed Information Collection In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is announcing its intention to request approval for the collection of information for the permanent program performance standards--...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > BLM Notice of Competitive Coal Lease Offering by Sealed Bid Notice is hereby given that the coal resources in the lands described below in Big Horn County, Montana, will be offered for competitive lease by sealed bid. This offering is being made as a result of an application filed by Spring Creek Coal Company...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Endangered and threatened species:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Notice To Extend the Public Comment Period for the Technical/Agency Draft Revised Recovery Plan for the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) The Fish and Wildlife Service gives notice that the comment period announced in the September 13, 2000, notice of availability of the Technical/Agency Draft Revised Recovery Plan for the red-cockaded woodpecker, will be extended an additional 30 days...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Lower St. Croix National Scenic Riverway; Environmental Impact Statement Pursuant to section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the National Park Service, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announce the availability of the final cooperative manage...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act; implementation:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > NPS Official Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Symbol This notice establishes the official National Park Service symbol with the incorporating words "Underground Railroad Network to Freedom" carrying out the provisions of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Interior Department > FWS Draft Policy on Maintaining the Ecological Integrity of the National Wildlife Refuge System; Notice We (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) propose to establish an internal policy to guide personnel of the National Wildlife Refuge System (Refuge System) in implementing the clause of the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 (Refuge Im...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Justice Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Justice Department > ATF, Treasury Department Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Department of the Treasury, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing information collection...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Immigration:

Title	Type	Published
Justice Department > INS Duplication and Electronic Generation of Forms This rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations regarding duplication and electronic generation of public use forms by public and private entities. This rule eliminates the requirement that duplicated and electronica...	Rule	Oct 17, 2000

Labor Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request Submission for OMB review; comment request	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Coal mine and metal and nonmetal mine safety and health:

Title	Type	Published
Labor Department > MSHA Health Standards for Occupational Noise Exposure; Correction This document contains corrections to the preamble to the final rule which was published in the Federal Register of Monday, September 13, 1999 (64 FR 49548). The rule related to the health standards for occupational noise exposure.	Rule	Oct 17, 2000

National Credit Union Administration

Title	Type	Published
National Credit Union Administration Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities National Endowment for the Arts; Leadership Initiatives Advisory Panel Leadership Initiatives Advisory Panel	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

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National Science Foundation

Title	Type	Published
National Science Foundation Notice of Permits Issued Under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978 The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish notice of permits issued under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. This is the required notice.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Sunshine Act Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission In the Matter of Florida Power & Light Company (Turkey Point Units 3 and 4); Confirmatory Order Modifying Post-Three Mile Island Requirements Pertaining to Containment Hydrogen Monitors Florida Power Light Co.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Financial protection requirements and indemnity agreements:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Criteria for an Extraordinary Nuclear Occurrence; Withdrawal of Proposed Rule and Denial of Petition for Rulemaking Submitted by the Public Citizen Litigation Group and Critical Mass Energy Project The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is withdrawing a proposed rule that would have amended regulations concerning the criteria for an extraordinary nuclear occurrence (ENO) and is denying a petition for rulemaking (PRM-140-1) submitted by the Pub...	Proposed Rule	Oct 17, 2000

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Availability of NUREG-1307, Revision 9, “Report on Waste Burial Charges. Changes in Decommissioning Waste Disposal Costs at Low-Level Waste Burial Facilities” The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is announcing the completion and availability of NUREG-1307, Revision 9, "Report on Waste Burial Charges," dated September 2000.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

Title	Type	Published
Securities and Exchange Commission Self-Regulatory (Organizations; Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board; Order Approving Proposed Rule Change Relating to Reports of Sales and Purchases, Pursuant to Rule G-14 Municipal securities rulemaking board	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

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State Justice Institute

Title	Type	Published
State Justice Institute Notice of Public Meeting Meetings; Sunshine Act	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
DOT, STB Massachusetts Central Railroad Corporation-Acquisition and Operation Exemption-New York Central Lines LLC and CSX Transportation, Inc. New York Central Lines LLC et al.	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Aerotechnik s.r.o. Model L 13 SEH VIVAT Sailplanes This amendment adopts a new airworthiness directive (AD) that applies to all Aerotechnik s.r.o. (Aerotechnik) Model L 13 SEH VIVAT sailplanes. This AD requires you to inspect the tail-fuselage hinge for strength requirements and damage, and also requ...	Rule	Oct 17, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737-200 and -300 Series Airplanes Equipped with a Main Deck Cargo Door Installed in Accordance with Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) SA2969SO This document proposes the supersedure of an existing airworthiness directive (AD), applicable to certain Boeing Model 737- 200 and -300 series airplanes, that currently requires a one-time inspection to detect cracks of the lower frames and reinforc...	Proposed Rule	Oct 17, 2000
Transportation Department > FAA Airworthiness Directives; Dornier Model 328-100 Series Airplanes This document proposes the adoption of a new airworthiness directive (AD) that is applicable to all Dornier Model 328-100 series airplanes. This proposal would require revising the Airworthiness Limitations Section of the Instructions for Continued A...	Proposed Rule	Oct 17, 2000

Environmental statements; notice of intent:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > FHWA Environmental Impact Statement; City of Missoula, Montana The FHWA hereby gives notice that it intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for an urban corridor (involving Russell Street and South 3rd Street) all within the limits of the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana. The study w...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Hazardous materials; preemption determinations:

Title	Type	Published
Transportation Department > RSPA Application by ATOFINA Chemicals, Inc. for a Preemption Determination as to Louisiana Requirements for Hazardous Materials Incident Notification Interested parties are invited to submit comments on an application by ATOFINA Chemicals, Inc. (ATOFINA) for an administrative determination whether Federal hazardous material transportation law preempts certain Louisiana requirements concerning haza...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

No documents available.

Treasury Department

Agency information collection activities:

No documents available.

Income taxes, etc.:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Information Reporting Requirements for Certain Payments Made on Behalf of Another Person, Payments to Joint Payees, and Payments of Gross Proceeds From Sales Involving Investment Advisers This document withdraws a previous notice of proposed rulemaking (LR-62-84) published May 29, 1984 (49 FR 22343). This document contains proposed regulations under section 6041 that clarify who is the payee for information reporting purposes if a che...	Proposed Rule	Oct 17, 2000

Income taxes:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > IRS Preparer Due Diligence Requirements for Determining Earned Income Credit Eligibility This document contains final regulations relating to the due diligence requirements under section 6695(g) of the Internal Revenue Code for paid preparers of Federal income tax returns or claims for refund involving the earned income credit (EIC). The...	Rule	Oct 17, 2000

Practice and procedure in adjudicatory proceedings:

Title	Type	Published
Treasury Department > OTS Rules of Practice and Procedure for Adjudicatory Proceedings; Civil Money Penalty Inflation Adjustment The Federal Civil Monetary Penalty Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990 requires all federal agencies with statutory authority to impose civil money penalties (CMPs) to evaluate and adjust those CMPs every four years. OTS last adjusted its CMP statutes i...	Rule	Oct 17, 2000

Veterans Affairs Department

Agency information collection activities:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Veterans Affairs Department Proposed Information Collection Activity: Proposed Collection; Comment Request The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, Federal...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted belo...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted belo...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000
Veterans Affairs Department Agency Information Collection Activities Under OMB Review In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C., 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Veterans Affairs, has submitted the collection of information abstracted belo...	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Meetings:

Title	Type	Published
Veterans Affairs Department Advisory Committee on Women Veterans, Notice of Meeting Women Veterans Advisory Committee	Notice	Oct 17, 2000

Federal Register October 17, 2000

Agencies Publishing on October 17, 2000

Agriculture Department

Appealable decisions; legal notice:

Committees; establishment, renewal, termination, etc.:

Field office technical guides; changes:

National Forest System:

Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Civil Rights Commission

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Commerce Department

Antidumping:

Fishery conservation and management:

Meetings:

Permits:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

C Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

Cotton, wool, and man-made textiles:

Consumer Product Safety Commission

Defense Department

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Education Department

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Energy Department

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Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Electric rate and corporate regulation filings:

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Environmental Protection Agency

Air pollution; standards of performance for new stationary sources:

Pesticides; tolerances in food, animal feeds, and raw agricultural commodities:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Toxic and hazardous substances control:

Executive Office of the President

Special observances

Federal Communications Commission

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Common carrier services:

Digital television stations; table of assignments:

Federal Reserve System

Banks and bank holding companies:

Federal Trade Commission

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Health and Human Services Department

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Patent licenses; non-exclusive, exclusive, or partially exclusive:

Homeland Security Department

Flood insurance; communities eligible for sale:

Housing and Urban Development Department

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Interior Department

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Coal leases, exploration licenses, etc.:

Endangered and threatened species:

Environmental statements; availability, etc.:

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act; implementation:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Justice Department

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Immigration:

Labor Department

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Coal mine and metal and nonmetal mine safety and health:

National Credit Union Administration

National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

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N National Science Foundation

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.:

Financial protection requirements and indemnity agreements:

Reports and guidance documents; availability, etc.:

Securities and Exchange Commission

Self-regulatory organizations; proposed rule changes:

S State Justice Institute

Surface Transportation Board

Railroad operation, acquisition, construction, etc.:

Transportation Department

Airworthiness directives:

C
Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

N
National Science Foundation

S
State Justice Institute